An intergovernmental Russian-Chinese agreement to supply China multifunctional fighter Su-35.
"As part of the agreements that we have with the Chinese side, we did in January signed an intergovernmental agreement to supply China Su-35" - said the deputy director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Vyacheslav Dzirkaln passing on the UAE arms exhibition IDEX-2013, where he heads the Russian delegation.
According to him, will soon begin consultations to prepare a contract to supply China Su-35 fighters. "This is - well, there is a planned work", - said V.Dzirkaln.
He did not specify when it can be contracted and how the Su-35 will be delivered to China. But noted that it will not license, and procurement contracts. Ie China will get ready to operate aircraft.
Today, China is the largest foreign operator fighters Su-27/Su-30 family. Over the years, this country had received a total of 281 aircraft of this type. In addition, China started production of fighter aircraft J-11B, which is actually a clone of the Su-27.
The Su-35 was developed in OKB Sukhoi. He is a deeply upgraded super-maneuverable multi-role fighter of "4 + +". It uses fifth-generation technologies that provide superior fighter in its class.